GoodWood Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I went and bought some kerfing, and the cuts are wider than I expected. I did some on my bandsaw, and they are too narrow in comparison, (although they might have worked.) What kind of table saw blades are used for this>? Also, I have some 3/8 ziricote I would like to cut in half, is this doable with a table saw blade to get usefull guitar wood? ? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Bandsaw is what I use for low loss. I use a thin blade on my sliding compound for cutting kerfs. Many people use just a bandsaw for cutting kerfed linings though. You can use a woodslicer and lose about 1/32" per. cut, most bandsaw blades will cost you a little less than 1/16". Typically you will lose about 2-3 times a bandsaws loss per cut using a table saw. If the blade is large enough to attempt thin resawing you will lose at least 1/8" per cut(about the thickness of an acoustic side). Then there is clean up to remove saw marks. A table saw will leave deeper marks because of the typical tooth set. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodWood Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Bandsaw is what I use for low loss. I use a thin blade on my sliding compound for cutting kerfs. Many people use just a bandsaw for cutting kerfed linings though. You can use a woodslicer and lose about 1/32" per. cut, most bandsaw blades will cost you a little less than 1/16". Typically you will lose about 2-3 times a bandsaws loss per cut using a table saw. If the blade is large enough to attempt thin resawing you will lose at least 1/8" per cut(about the thickness of an acoustic side). Then there is clean up to remove saw marks. A table saw will leave deeper marks because of the typical tooth set. Peace,Rich Hmm, then what does LMI etc use? I like how thiers turned out. You have to make more cuts with the bandsaw. An Ima goin crazy after an hour or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 (edited) Bandsaw is what I use for low loss. I use a thin blade on my sliding compound for cutting kerfs. Many people use just a bandsaw for cutting kerfed linings though. You can use a woodslicer and lose about 1/32" per. cut, most bandsaw blades will cost you a little less than 1/16". Typically you will lose about 2-3 times a bandsaws loss per cut using a table saw. If the blade is large enough to attempt thin resawing you will lose at least 1/8" per cut(about the thickness of an acoustic side). Then there is clean up to remove saw marks. A table saw will leave deeper marks because of the typical tooth set. Peace,Rich Hmm, then what does LMI etc use? I like how thiers turned out. You have to make more cuts with the bandsaw. An Ima goin crazy after an hour or so. I dunno what LMI does. Take a look at these links maybe they will give you ideas. link link2 link3 Edited July 24, 2007 by fryovanni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Awesome threads! You acoustic builders are some mighty crafty people. I can't wait until I get into that field of luthiery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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